"2'2 SHORTHORN HKRDS OF ENGLAND. 



by sending them to good bulls they have furnished several very 

 useful sires for the herd. Lady of Nunwick bred Lady of 

 Nun \viek 2nd, by Col. Townley's Hubback Junior: this cow with 

 her three sons, Prince Oxford, Prince of Nunwick, and Piince 

 Arthur, were placed Reserve in the family class at the P.oston 

 Ro)al. Prince of Nunwick, considered one of the handsomest 

 bulls of his year in England, was shortly afterwards sold at a good 

 figure to go to South America, while the oldest son, Prince Oxford, 

 by Lord Moreton's Prince Louis, has been largely used at home, in 

 addition to being exhibited successfully at the shows, in fact the 

 numerous array of piixe cards and cups at Hall Garth testify not 

 only to the excellence of the cattle by winning in family groups 

 but to the farming generally. Lady Deans, fiom Effy Deans, of the 

 old Daisy tribe, is down calving, and the dam of Lady Deans 2nd, 

 a very promising yearling, by Prince Oxford. Prince of Hall 

 Garth, another s>on of Prince Oxford, unfortunately without the 

 the requisite five crosses, is a wonderfully well made handsome 

 yearling bull, and with an almost unbeaten record. 



When Mr. W. Graham began breeding shorthorns at Eden 

 Grove near the Village of Bolton, he went in April '77 to the 

 dispersion of Mr. John Lamb's extensive herd at Burrell Green, in 

 the adjoining County, when Laurestina by Edgar (the dam of 

 Ignoramus, 1st prize bull at the Royal and Highland Society's 

 Shows in 1872, and afterwards sold for 500 gs.), and her pioduce 

 were to be dispersed ; the old cow was withdrawn, Laurestinas 

 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th, all fell to Mr. Graham's bids, at an average 

 of 98 gs. apiece, the whole family eight in number making =90 all 

 round. Mr. S. P. Poster, of Killhow, bought the 5th and 7th, and 

 a Mr. Carter the 8th ; eventually they were all transferred to 

 Eden m Grove. Laurestina 2nd won the Challenge Cup at 

 Milnthorpa and Carlisle in '77 and '78 as the best female in the 

 two Counties, and finished by winning at Carlisle in '84 for the 

 best fat cow, in a class open to all breeds, and her sister, Laurestina 

 3rd, concluded her career still more creditably by being 2nd 

 at Smithfield in 79. At present the Laurestinas are fifteen in 



